I stumbled across this powder coating make blog post a while ago and decided to build something similar. My first attempt worked well but I built an improved unit with a similar topology to commercial units. I’m in the process of building my third prototype now.
Young maker Sasha shows us how to assemble the solar frightened grasshopper kit from the Maker Shed in this, another kid-made video on the MAKE ‘tubes. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube and Vimeo. The snap-together Solar Grasshopper kit uses solar energy to generate […]
We asked Steven Roberts, the venerable “high-tech nomad,” best known for his net-connected, gadget-laden Winnebiko and BEHEMOTH bike projects from the 1980s, to write a series of articles on the amazing new mobile projects lab he’s building, dubbed Polaris. This tricked-out trailer will allow Steve to be ready-to-make wherever he parks, with all manner of […]
Dirty Electronics’ new PCB instrument creates some noisy-good reasons to touch a skull – The Skull Etching combines etched artwork and electronics into a unique touch instrument. The electronics for the instrument utilise just one integrated circuit (IC), yet the instrument features two oscillators, distortion, feedback network, filter and interference/hum/radio. Touch the skulls to play […]
Via PopMech: these early prototypes of Leatherman tools. Starting with cardboard, then moving to wood, then finally a crude (compared with the final result!) metal example. In the Maker Shed: Make: Open Sourcerer – Leatherman Juice CS4 Tool Our Price: $74.95 MAKE’s very own limited edition Leatherman tool, the Open Sourcerer. This is our branded […]
In the Make: Online Toolbox, we focus mainly on tools that fly under the radar of more conventional tool coverage: in-depth tool-making projects, strange, or specialty tools unique to a trade or craft that can be useful elsewhere, tools and techniques you may not know about, but once you do, and incorporate them into your […]
This is pretty cool WD-40 has a “Now and Then” pack via Giz… To celebrate WD-40’s heritage and honor multiple generations of WD-40 users, we’re offering you a 1950s-style WD-40 Collector’s Can in the Now & Then Twin Pack.
